November is the family and friend’s month and
packed with festivities. Diwali get together’s with Mithai and
fireworks, Eid gatherings with Sheer Korma, and the upcoming
Thanksgiving makes it a period of festivity. Even when the days gets
shorter and the trees slowly lose their colorful leaves, there is no
moment than now to partake in the various events and shows going on in
and around Boston.
On
a more somber note, we talked to Shahid Ahmed Khan on the efforts made
by the community for the Pakistani Earthquake. He told us a story on
how 12 children were discovered under the debris because of hypothermia
due to the winter chill. It is indeed a heartrending tale ! There are
miracle stories of survival too but the magnitude of this problem
requires patience, perseverance and generosity.
A commendable and valuable addition to the community is the free health stop at Shrewsbury
started by IMANE and ISW. Read all about what it offers in this issue.
We feature the events at the Gurunanak Gurdwara, the scintillating
concert review of T.N.Krishnan, Saheli, the women support group 5K
walk, Diwali celebrations.
Some
exciting events in the next few weeks:. Vikram Seth, author of ‘A
Suitable Boy†will be here at the Harvard store reading from his new
book , ‘Two Lives’. The Peabody museum is having a fabulous India festival. TiE Boston and BU Present the 2nd Annual Outsourcing Workshop. The Marc Rossi Group present jazz music and Rohitha Easwer & Rashmi Srinivisan of Mysore
present an evening of classical & creative Indian Dance. Check out
all these and more in our ezine update and our local calendar .
Enjoy this issue !
Lokvani Team
Nirmala Garimella, Ranjani Saigal, Anil Saigal and Anoop Kumar
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